Device for elevating fluids.



W. J. MCGUIRE- DEVICE FOR ELEVATING FLUIDS..

APPLICATION FILED JULY 7, 1913.

Patented June 8, 1915.

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'W'IIIILIJIAJVE J. MCGUIRE, OF KEWANEE, ILLINOIS,'ASSIGNOR TO WRAYS WATER SYSTEM, OF KEWANEE, ILLINOIS, A'CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

DEVICE FOR ELEVATING FLUIDS.

I Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 8 1915. I

Application filed July 7,1913. Serial No. 777,766.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. MOGUIRE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kewanee, in the county of Henry and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Elevating Fluids; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a device for elevating fluid.

It pertains more particularly to a device adapted to elevate fluids by air pressure.

One of the objects of the invention is to simplify water elevating devices by requiring but few parts.

Another object is to provide a valve in control of and for directing air pressure to either of two receptacles for water to be elevated, and to include a motor in the path of the water from the discharge pipe incontrol of the valve by which said air pressure is reversed in its flow.

Another object is to provide a water elevating device of an exceedingly simple form consisting of two receptacles for containingwater held under air pressure, a valve for directing air to one or the other of said receptacles, and to include inthe water discharge pipe a motor having control of the valve, saidmotor being operated by the water drawn from the pipe to gradually change the position of the valve, whereby in the action of the valve the, air is directed to one or the other of the receptacles.

Another object is to provide a structure which by reason of its simple structureand compactness can be lowered into the pipe or tube of a driven well.

In order that the invention'may be readily understood I have provided the accompanying drawing, which is a sectional elevation of my invention shown in a tube or pipe of a well.

- A B indicate two immersed receptacles for water.

C is a pipe connected with each of the receptacles for conveying water to a desired point or to fixtures, there being a faucet indicated at D, for example, as one of the outlets.

E F are foot valves, or check valves, in

the bottoms of the receptacles A B respectively to admit water.

G 1s a vessel for receiving air there being a conduit H extending through it whose ends communicate with a discharge pipe J- for air. The vessel G is made up of two chambers G and G being separated by a partition K. This partition is provided with a bore L which communicates with a conduit H, a pipe M being threaded into said bore, as shown. In the said conduit H at each side of the partition K is a series of apertures, one series being represented by N and the other by N.

Ois a pipe connecting the chamber G with one of the receptacles, and P is a'pipe connecting the chamber G with the receptacle B i Q is a valve-rod extending into the conduit H and also extending outside the same through a suitable guide R its end within the pipe being furnished with two spaced pistons S T together constituting a valve. The distance between the pistons is substantially equal to the distance between the two series of holesN, N, there being two extreme positions of thevalve thus formed. That is to say, the piston may lie below the two series of holes or above them. However, they also have intermediate as willbe understood later herein.

U is a gear mounted on any suitable sup: port not shown, and V is a connecting rod pivoted at one end on said gear and having attachment rod Q. I I W is a motor of any suitable type to positions at its other end to the valve V 9O which the water discharge pipe C is connec I ed and through which the water must pass before reaching its place of delivery; 'The shaft 2 of theemotor is provided witha pinion 3 for example, which in turn meshes with a gear 4 which drives the gear U through a gear 5. However, I have merely illustrated this train of gears as one way'of reducing the speed from the motor shaft to the piston rod or valve rod Other forms or arrangement'can readily be provided. The gears may be suitably mounted on any form of support'which I have not illustrated, and

the motor may be a water wheel of any preferred structure that will rotate under any 7 head of water whether very considerable or but very slight.

In operation it may be considered that water is being forced out of the receptacle A through the pipe by air pressure the empty receptacle B being in the act of filling with water through its check valve F. Air under pressure entering the conduit H from the pipe M is discharged through the lower series of holes N into the chamber G thence entering the pipe 0 and the receptacle A keeping pressure upon the water in the latter. In order that water may enter the receptacle B a free outlet for air must be provided. In the position of the valve S T the air leaving B passes through pipe P into the compartment G and into the holes N in the conduit Hand thence out through J. This condition prevails until suflicient water has passed from the receptacle A through the motor W to cause the gear U to be turned a distance sufficient to move the valve S T to the other side of the series of holes N N whereupon the direction of the air pressure from pipe M will be reversed. That is to say, it will then pass from the conduit H into the compartment G down through pipe l? into receptacle B upon the water therein, while water will be permitted to enter A to fill it since the outlet for air from the latter will be through the pipe 0 into compartment G, conduit H, and finally out through J. The time consumed in the travel of the valve S T has a certain relation to the time required to empty one of the receptacles A B, since a definite number of revolutions of the motor caused by the amount of water passing through it in one emptying of a receptacle causes the change in the extremes of position of said valve. The delivery of the water through the pipe C, Whether slow or fast, operates the motor and the position of the valve is constantly changing so that by the time one of the receptacles is empty the valve must have reversed the direction of flow of air so that air pressure is then upon the water in an opposite receptacle and as the movement of the valve must be quite slow I have provided the series of gears described so that the speed of rotation of the gear U having control of the valve will be very slow indeed as compared with the speed of rotation of the pinion 3 of the motor. It is understood, however, that I may employ other ways or means of controlling the valve from the motor since the arrangement shown is but one example of the manner in which it may be done, and I desire to state in employing the term motor I mean any device that will operate by water pressure, whatever its structure may be, for operating the valve S, T. I may further state that I may adapt the structures herein described to the handling of other fluids for other purposes and furthermore I may control the valve S T by a motor operated by air pressure through the pipe M by certain arrange ments by which the automatic control of the water will result. I may also make various changes in the arrangement of my device without departing from the spirit and intent of the invention and the appended claims and Having described said invention, I claim 1. In a fluid elevating device, in combination, a pair of receptacles for the fluid to be elevated, a single conduit connected with both receptacles for the discharge there through of the fluid from either, a motor included with said conduit operated by the said fluid discharged through it, a compartment for air connected with one of the receptacles, a second compartment for air connected with the other receptacle, a conduit for introducing air pressure to both of the said air compartments, said conduit constituting a means for communication of both the compartments with the outer air and including two apertures each opening into one of said compartments, and a valve to control the apertures, the same being adapted to place that part of the conduit for air pressure in communication with one of the compartments through one of said apertures and to place the other compartment in communication with the outer air through the other part of said conduit.

2. In a water elevating device, in combi nation, a pair of receptacles for water, each including a check valve, a conduit for the discharge of water from both the said receptacles, a motor connected with the conduit, a separate compartment for air under pressure connected with each receptacle, a conduit adapted for supplying air to both of the compartments and including an opening into each, a valve in control of both openings and operatively connected with the motor and adapted to direct air pressure alternately into the said compartments, and to alternately release air therefrom.

3. In a device for elevating water, in combination, a pair of receptacles for water each including a check valve, a conduit connected with and for discharging water from the receptacles, a motor included in the path of the water of said pipe, a pair of compartments for air under pressure, each connected with one of the receptacles, a conduit adapted for supplying air under pressure to the compartments, there being an opening for the discharge of air from each of the latter, and a valve controlled by and operatively connected with the motor and adapted to direct the air into one of the compartments and release the air contained in the other compartment.

4:. In a water elevating device, in combination, a pair of receptacles for water, a vessel for receiving air under pressure, including two compartments, a conduit connecting each of the compartments with one of the receptacles, a conduit extending through both compartments and having communica tion with each of them, each said compartment having an escape outlet for air, and a valve to open the outlet of one of the compartments and close communication between the other compartment and the said conduit.

5. In an apparatus of the class described,

lets from said air conduit to the respective compartments and operated by and operatively connected with the said motor.

6. In a fluid elevating device, in combination, a pair of receptacles to receive the fluid to be elevated including an inlet check-valve in each, a conduit connected with both receptacles for the discharge of water, a motor included in said conduit, a receiver divided into'two separate compartments, a pipe con necting each compartment into one of the receptacles, an air pipe extending through the receiver and communicating with both compartments, a valve in said pipe including two parts fixed relatively and operatively connected with the motor, said valve in one of its positions adapted to close communication between the air pipe and one ofthe,

compartments and open the other and in its other position to reverse the relation of the described parts. 7

7. In a device of the character described, the combination of two receptacles for water each including a check valve, a conduit leading from and common to both receptacles, a motor included in the path of the discharge through said conduit, a receiver including a dividing partition, a conduit extending through and opening outside of the two compartments of the receiver, said'conduit in cluding an opening within each compartment, an air supply conduit connected with the last named conduit between the two openings, a valve stem extending longitudinally through the said air supply conduit and connected with the motor, and spaced valves fixed oncsaid stem adapted in the movement of the latter to alternately and simultaneously open communication'of one of the compartments with the conduit to discharge outside. the receivers, and open communication of the outer compartment I with the air supply conduit.

In testimony whereof I alfix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

WILLAM J. MCGUIRE. Witnesses:

JAMES H. ANDREWS, LEONARD D. QUINN.

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Washington, I). 0. 

